For more than a decade, Seminole County leaders have urged the Florida Department of Transportation to close a pair of crowded truck rest areas on Interstate 4 near Longwood, saying the big rigs create noise, pollution and a blight on the landscape near scores of homes. But closing the facilities is still years – if not decades – away, even though the state agency plans to start construction .
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